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Floods from heavy rain kill over 100 in Rwanda and Uganda

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Over hundred people have been killed by floods sparked by heavy rains that triggered landslides in western and northern Rwanda and parts of Uganda. The state-run broadcaster said on Wednesday that officials say at least 109 people, as search for survivors trapped in their homes continues. François Habitegeko, governor of Rwanda’s Western Province, was quoted by Reuters as saying that… Read More
Africa Business World 

Near Blockchain Operating System is Now Live

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NEAR Protocol, the open-source and climate-neutral blockchain, has officially gone live as a Blockchain Operating System (BOS), which makes Web3 usable for all. BOS is  a revolutionary, industry-first category, that establishes the NEAR Protocol as the entry point for browsing and discovering apps and experiences that are compatible with any blockchain. The BOS removes one of the main challenges of… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’

Village Reporter
Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of engagement” with the Taliban, to help the country’s most vulnerable people. No question of Taliban recognition Mr. Guterres made clear that the gathering had not focussed on recognition of the de… Read More
Europe 

UN condemns ‘inexcusable’ deadly airstrikes in Ukraine

Village Reporter
Dozens of civilians across the country were killed and injured, and homes and other vital infrastructure, destroyed.  More than 20 people were killed in the small central city of Uman alone, when their apartment building collapsed after it was hit, according to international media reports.  ‘Inexcusable’ attacks  “It is just inexcusable that in places like Uman, far from the frontline,… Read More
Pacific 

Singapore: Rights experts call for moratorium on the death penalty

Village Reporter
They strongly condemned the execution this week of Tangaraju s/o Suppiah, who was convicted of conspiring to traffic cannabis from Malaysia to the country in 2013.  Fair trial concerns  Mr. Suppiah, a 46-year-old Tamil from Singapore, was hanged on Tuesday despite claims that he had not been provided with adequate interpretation during police interrogations. “The death penalty can only be… Read More
Pacific 

UN expert urges Japan to ‘step up pressure’ on Myanmar junta

Village Reporter
“The international community’s response to the crisis in Myanmar is failing, and that failure has contributed to a lethal downward spiral that is devastating the lives of millions of people,” Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said at the end of a 10-day official visit to Japan. Referring to the worsening situation in the… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN

Village Reporter
The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and organisations with influence on the fundamentalist rulers of the country, “to promote an urgent reversal” of policies which have in effect erased women from public life. Since the Taliban takeover… Read More
Europe 

Regional stability still at risk without ‘increased commitment’ to negotiations: UN Kosovo mission chief

Village Reporter
UN Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission, Caroline Ziadeh, told ambassadors that the most recent Secretary-General’s report on developments in Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 but is not recognized by Serbia, “included serious challenges as well as an important collective effort to bring Belgrade-Pristina relations nearer to stability and normalisation.” She acknowledged recent tensions, “even… Read More
Pacific 

China: ‘Vocational training’ programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour

Village Reporter
“Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been ‘transferred’ from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015, through a programme described as voluntary, but in practice their participation has reportedly been coerced,” they said in a statement.  ‘Cultural and political indoctrination’  They noted that the labour transfer programme is facilitated by a network of ‘vocational training… Read More
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